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SUNDAY MORNING.
K the fount of youth.
*TBb flmnt fff youth has of* ?*mb sought
Sitoce days of long ago,
i&oij oft in fancy men have eev jj
It* living water a How.
Through desert swsmp and wildsmcss
The search has been pursued.
In hope that by the magic fount
Youth’* dreams might be renewed.
But men have turned from that vain
quest,
Their hopes forever crushed,
For thougli they searched through ail the
p&MS world
Kn magic fountain gushed. *
'And men resigned themselves to age
That robbed them of their grace,
That sapped their strength and thickly
spread
1 Time's wrinkies on the face,
b later year* men’a thoughts have turned
To plans for loDger life.
And in elixirs they have sought
New strength for daily strife.
And oft 'tis heralded abroad
That scientist or sage
Ha* finally evolved a lilam
To stay the blight of age.
But men grow old, and women, too,
As in the day* of yore,
Fpr no elixirs they have tried
Their youthful charms restore.
And as they can’t deceive themselves
Fome seek to hide the truth,
And dye or bleach their hair and paint
On cheeks the hues of youth.
The fount of youth is in eacli'heart,
And those who keep it pure
>ViD longer hold the charms of youth
And length of life secure.
Apd when *t last that fountain falls,
And old age on them steals,
They’ll bear it well because no man
Is older than he feels.
L —Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Merely an Episode.
IT would lie liard to find n more
Ideally happy couple than the
Charterise*. After ten years' mar
ried life they are still in love with
*cli other, is wont to boast
that Dick never has, or has had. a
•fecret which she has not shared. And
Jn the main this Is true. Hut there is
one little episode—merely an episode—
M his life, to which Dick never refers;
It is hIR one secret. And It nearly con
cerns Constance, too. The wind was
blowing wildly against the- smoking
room windows, bringing a snow storm
In Its train.
''Hang It all.” remarked Dick Chnr
terls, going to the window und gazing
out disconsolately over a world grow
ing rapidly white, "no hunting to-day.
And Con won't be hack till to-night.”
He lit a pipe, drew tip a comfortable
chair In front of the fire, nml prepared
to make the best of the Inevitable.
The morning paper lay ou a table at
Wls elbow. He took It up, glanced
carelessly through It, and soon put it
down again. Judging from the ex
pression of his face, ills own thoughts
were supplying sufficient entertain
ment.
"Beg pardon, sir.” The butler stood
■before him with a somewhat perplexed
countenance.
Captain Charteris roused himself.
“Well. Hilton?”
“There is a gentleman wishing to see
Sir Geoffrey, sir. I've told him Sir
Geoffrey Is out, and lie wants to wait.
But I don’t know exactly—the dining
room nml the drawing-room is all up
set, and her ladyship's In the morning
room. Would you tnlud, sir ?”
“Show him iu here, of rout so.” Dick
Charteris was, perhaps, growing n
trifle tired of hts own company.
"Possibly some begging chap, though,
coming at this hour,” he thought,
Klretehlng his long legs and glancing
lazily at the clock. It was barely
twelve.
The first glance a1 the stranger, how
ever, dispelled this idea. l)lek looked
at him critically. A tall, dark man.
on the wrong sidy of forty, with a
clever, clean-shaven face. Ills eyes
burned with a curiously eager light.
“The man's 111,” was Dick's first
thought.
He went forward with easy cour
tesy.
"Sorry Sir Geoffrey Is out Just now."
lie remarked, pushing a chair toward
the other. ''He had to go to a magis
trates meeting. However, he can’t lie
long now, and perhaps l can do duty
as host la bis absence. 1 can't say I’m
exactly a son of the house, still, by
this time next week 1 hope to be Sir
Geoffrey's son-in-law."
The stranger had been listening al
most meehanteally to Olmrterfs's easy
flow of conversation, but at the last
■words he became suddenly alert and
eager.
“Indeed." lie said, with scarcely re
pressed anxiety. "May I ask vour
name?”
"Charteris. Won't you sit down,
Mr. ?”
"But though ho took tho chair, ho
pahl no attention to the question in
Dick's tone. The latter began to feel
at a disadvantage carrying on a con
versation with a stranger, name un
known.
‘ I should lie sorry to miss seeing Sir
Oeoffrey,” remarked his visitor, his
dull, even tones contrasting so oddly
.with the lire in his eyes. “I ant an
inld friend of his. but have not seen
him for some time."
Charteris glanced at him again. He
Concluded the man had just come from
abroad, which would account for the
Ktmewhat odd out of his clothes and
the general look of a certain absence
Of up-to-dateness about him.
“No doubt Sir Oeoffrey will l>e in
Wirectly,” he remarked, passing the
cigarettes. "You find the house in
Jrather a confusion to-day. There's to
he a little dance to-morrow, in honor
cf the approaching wedding.”
The other slowly lit a cigarette. "I
Understand you are going to marry
t ®ae of Sir Geoffrey's daughters," he
Vbserved, slowly.
„ “yes, Constance.’’ He blew a ring
of smoke Into the air and watched It
•3azl|y. "Do you know Hlr Geoffrey's*
daughters?" he asked, curiously.
The dark eyes watching him seemed
to glow and burn.
1 "I used to,” he answered briefly.
There was a pause. Dick began fo
wish bis fntheHo-luw elect would
hasten bis return.
"When Is your wedding to be?” was
the next question.
The stranger spoke as one who has
a right to ask, and Dick found himself
answering meekly.
“Next week, the twentieth. I wanted
it. sooner, but Constance said she
wouldn't be married until after tho
sixteenth. The fact Is, she was en
gaged before ”
He stopped abruptly, vexed with him
self. What on earth could his affairs,
and Constance's, matter to this man?
"I quite understand,” replied the other,
in his level tones. “I have hoard of
Miss Merton’s former engagement.”
"Oh, I see.” Dick looked relieved.
He hated explanations, and reflected
that this was probably some old family
friend. He lit another cigarette and
resumed In a more confidential tone.
"You see, she lmd been engaged to
this chap for nearly a year; Forsyth
his name was. and then he went abroftd
and forgot her, the brute.”
"How do you know he forgot her?”
The question was oDe, apparently, of
idle curiosity.
Dick flung his cigarette Into the fire
with energy. "Oh, well, when a man
never writes, or answers letters, for
two years, you naturally conclude he
has forgotten. And T’-on has waited—
until Just now. Wriy It’s only two
months ago that she promised to marry
me, though I have known her all my
life, and cared for her, too. You see,
she thought she was still bound by her
promise. And nothing would Induce
her to be married until after the six
teenth, because that was his birthday,
and lie had once said they should be
married on that day. But that was
yesterday.”
There was a silence, broken only
by the snow heating against the win
dows.
“There may have been reasons why
he—that man Forsyth—did not write.
In the depths of the hush there are
many difficulties. Betters are lost,
people one has trusted prove unfaith
ful.”
There was an undercurrent of pas
sion In his tone not lost upon his
hearer. He stood up, straight-limbed
and tall, on the hearth-rug.
“I hope you don’t think I'm not act
ing on the square by this chap For
syth,” he said warmly. "But it does
seetn to pie that poor little Con has
wasted two years over a good-for
nothing chap. Aitl I mean to make
It up to her now.’
The other man smiled oddly. “I be
lieve you, Captain Charteris,” lie said,
slowly, “but If you won't deem it an
impertinence I should like to ask you
one question.”
"By all menus.”
"Does she—Constance, Miss Merlon
—care any more? I mean, of course,
she has forgotten the other man?”
Dick smiled happily. “Quite, I ant
sure,” he said frankly. "I Hatter my
self that I occupy his place In her
thoughts now. lucky chap that I am.”
Then, to redeem the hist words from
any suspicion of egotism, he added:
“She was so young, you know; only
seventeen when she was first engaged
to Forsyth, und he was old enough to
be her father."
The other man made no answer. He
looked tilt 1 young man up and down,
his eyes resting curiously on Dick
Charterls's fair, boyish face. Some
thing between a siglt and a groan came
from his lips und startled Dick.
“Js anything the matter?” he asked,
quickly.
"No—thanks;” the other recovered
himself with an effort. "But I don’t
think, after all. I can wait to see Sir
Geoffrey. I—l will write.”
“I mu leaving England,” he said
with an obvious effort, “and it is un
likely we shall ever meet again. Will
you shake hands?” and Dick, obeying
some strange Impulse, grasped his
hand and shook it warmly.
He accompanied his strange visitor
to the hall door and opened it. The
snow was falling very fast now. For
one moment the man stood bareheaded
on the steps. “Good-bye, good-bye,”
he murmured, hut he did not look at
Dick. He seemed rather td he talking
to someone unseen. At the foot of
the stops he paused, a solitary black
figure in a white world.
"John Forsyth is dead, dead.” The
words came to Charterlj with an In
tensity that was very solemn.
Feeling an odd sensation of itnensi-
ness, Dick went back to the warm and
cheerful smoking room. Ho piled up
the logs in the grate and glanced half
expeetantly round the room. Some--
thing white lay under the chair where
his late visitor had been sitting. He
picked It up. Only a half-tone en
velope, addressed to “John Forsyth.
Esq.” He rang the bell violently.
"The gentleman would not wait to see
Sir Geoffrey, after all,” he said care
lessly to the servant. “Did—did he
leave his name with you, Hilton?”
"No. sir."
As the door closed on the man D!ck
Charteris knelt down aud thrust the
envelope into the heart of the blazing
fire.—Madame.
Appointment* Aw* Debts.
Appointments, once made, lie come
debts. If yon have made nn appoint
ment with any one you owe him punc
tuality. You have no right to throw
away his time. If you do your own.—
New York News.
A •'20,000 Pair of Opera Glaire*.
Queen Alexandra owjjs a pair of
opera glasses, made hi Vienna, valued
at $20,000. They are of platinum, set
with diamonds, sapphires and rubles
A ton of soot results from the burn
ing of 100 tons of coal.
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A llutton Fail.
Buttons are to he used in every
of way, and a gobd set of buttons is
a fair investment on any woman’s
dress money. Take the new paste em
erald buttons, and select a button
which is set in silver with emeralds
and rhinestones. Choose a small size
and let there be buttons enough to
get the double-breasted effect upon a
cloth dress. For this six buttons will
be needed, and three are placed high
at each side of the bodice. These same
buttons can later he used upon a fur
Kton, straight down the front, and
next spring they can grace tie- back
of a postilion licit.
Her rictlirs Ht.
I never think that English women
pay enough attention to the side and
back views of llieir heads and huts.
Very often you can look charming
full face when the side view leaves
much to be desired. Asa rule. It is
disastrous for an English woman to
lengthen her face or to take away
shade from her eyes. The tiny toque
perched on the top of the head has
gone out of fashion, and mercifully
so. for this was a very trying mode.
When French women wear a neat haj
or toque they invariable shade their
eyes with It.—Madame.
Wlist is Heine Worn.
A great deal of gray Is worn, but
chiefly in very pak* tints, and that si!
very shade with a pinkish tone is quite
the most popular of all. Bright color
ings arc not much worn, and no doubt
tho continued wearing of black and
white for so long a period lias induced
a distaste for vivid colors. All the
blues, heliotropes and pinks are soft
and delicate, and tile misty pastel tones
are much affected.
Black luce is a good deal worn, even
on light colored gowns, and the tucked
tnffotn costume worn tty the smart ma
tron Is much Inserted and adorned with
black lace set a jour and worn over a
white or heliotrope slip.
Xo More Henry Skirt*.
The outing skirts—all walking skirls,
In fact—are. as a rule, being made up
uplined. The circular skirl has disap
peared, and on such costumes the
flounce is used. The gored skirt with
flare below the knees and heavy stitch
ing or strapping is popular, hut the
pleated skirt 1s the new model, and Is
making heroic efforts to dominate the
field. It appears in side or kilt pleats
and in the very broad shallow box
pleats' stitched flatly two-thirds of the
skirt length and then left to flare.
Tailors, having found great difficulty in
shaping and fitting these pleated skirts
smoothly over the hips, are now com
promising in a large percentage of
eases and avoiding thickness by using
a closely fitted plain hip yoke, to which
tin- pleated skirt Is attached with ex
cellent effect.
Oucen* und Faftliioim.
Queens, of course, need not trouble
themselves about the latest mandate of
fashion, as whatever royalty wears is
the fashion; but few smart English
women would care to copy the Em
press of Germany In the matter of
dress. Her royal highness pays much
regard to what will stand wear and
tear, and has a comfortable indiffer
ence to loveliness. The Empress of
liussia is perhaps the most splendidly
dressed woman lu Europe; her furs
alone are said to he worth a fabulous
sum of money. Our own Queen is
somewhat severe in her style of dress,
but what she wears entirely suits her
und always looks pretty. Queen Aim-lie
of Portugal posseses a distinct genius
for dressing prettily, and can make the
ugliest costume look charming by a
few touches.—London Tailor.
For Slppiilfs* Women.
The woman who cannot sleep is al
ways a nervous subject. Site should
religiously take enough physical exer
cise each day to induce healthful fa
tigue. She should eat simple, easily
digested food, avoiding tea and coffee
later than her breakfast hour. Many
women declare that tea and coffee
have no effect upon their nerves. 1
know they are mistaken. Tea and
coffee are excellent excitants and ene
mies of sleep. The insomnia victim
may be lulled to vest by a gentle mas
sage—the hypnotic stroke will often
act as a magical sleep inducer. Some
times a rub with hair friction gloves
will induce sleep. A tepid hath taken
just before retiring has a sedative ef
fect. But a hot hath is stimulating,
and should not. he taken at night by
nervous subjects.—New York Times.
Frocks For School.
Becoming, serviceable school frocks
may be made from plaids which are
more popular than ever. Stylish little
dresses can be made from the silk over
plaids which have the appearance of-si
narrow satin ribbon crossed on a
plain cashmere background.
The clothes iu plaid patterns are
smarter than ever. They range from
the very small broken checks to one
inch plaids, and on up to plaids that
are very large.
There is a variety of ’olor comoina
tions in these, blue ami greeu. brown
and green, and red and green, on a
black ground, all being good style. The
blue and green combinations are much
Sought after.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
Tile serges with doth finish, in plaid
patterns, offer still other possibilities
for school frocks. They come in many
color combinations.—New York Jour
nal. ■ ■ .juf
Nervou* Woman Who Travel*.
There is a rather amusing paper on
•‘Women On a Journey” in the Lady’s
Magazine. The writer affirms that any
one more Incapable than the nervous
woman who travels is nor to be found,
and proceeds to describe the conduct of
such a one who lately journeyed from
London to Edinburgh:
“She was in a flurry of excitement at
King’s Cross, and ran hurriedly be
tween tile van where her goods was
being piled in and the carriage in
which she had deposited her rugs and
dressing bag. Whilst looking after (lie
one she was racked with the idea
that someone was disturbing the oilier,
and the scurry back to the carriage,
as every new arrival entered, in dire
fear that her sent would lie appropri
ated, was quite pitiful. When, aglast,
tvt starred, she discovered that her
scat was facing the engine, and we all
moved to accommodate her with an
other seat In this she found a draught,
and later an official vras fetched to
remove her belongings to another car
riage."
And so on Not perhaps very wide
of the mark, hut the number of such
women must, afer all, be comparative
ly few.
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SgMf- TtiHR U
Wavs^
The English census returns show liiat
but one woman in every six remain un
married.
Billiards have been brought inio high
favor in Spain by the Queen Mother,
Marla Christina.
The first woman tr hold the office of
President of ihe Colorado Academy of
Science is Mrs. Cornelia Miles, the
principal of a Denver school.
Miss Grace George, the popular
actress, lias one of the most valuable
privntc libraries in New York Cii.v. tier
book shelves bearing hundreds of old
piavs and many rare first editions.
The Queen of Portugal, Marin Pin.
has joined the rank of the atitoino
bilists. She has recently ordered a
powerful machine, in which, it is said,
site intends to make extensive tours.
The Massachusetts Eclectic Medical
Society has elected a Manchester, N.
11., woman President, and site is said
to he the first woman thus honored
by any medical society in New Eng
land.
Miss Hannah 15. Clark, the new Dean
of Women at Knox College, has made
sociology and sanitary science her spe
cial studies since sac was graduated
from Smith College In INST. Stic was
awarded a degree by Chicago Univer
clty in 1807. and lias pursued her stud
ies in Europe at different times.
Miss Grace Lincoln Temple, of Wash
ington. D. C., is one of the first women
to achieve distinction ns a mural
painter. The children’s room in the
Smithsonian, the Cosmos Club, and tho
dome and wails of the woman’s build
ing, at the Atlanta Exposition, are ex
amples of her work. She has also dec
orated many private houses.
Mrs. Edith White, of Bennington, Vt„
lias received a small fortune, as a re
ward for a kind act. Years ago she >e
frieuded a stranger, who said he would
remember her in Ids will. Mrs. White
lutd forgotten the episode, when the
other day stie was notified that Si7,-
otKi had been deposited, hi her name
at St. Louis. Mo.- The stranger had
died and lefi Iter that amount.
frX no ess)
Plaid belts have postillion backs and
large bull silver hackles.
Dangling drops of cord arc used upon
al! fabrics from chiffon to heavy cloth.
Slightly carved side combs of tor
toise shell are cut in deep sharp point*.
Scotch plaid silks on the bias vie
with lizard and snake skins In favor
for automobile bags.
Crepe dc chine, in cream, is em
broidered In black and white Goss to
represent ermine tails for evening
wear.
Small flat bone buttons are shown
in shades of blue, brewns and greens
for trimming the new fall shirt waist
suits.
Parisian pearls, cut in padoga shapes,
are strung together closely, with many
intervening gold links, ro form the new
est neck chain.
The latest improvement in the back
comb, designed to keep stray locks in
place, is a broad curved band which
extends across the top.
Oriental cushions for oozy corners
are folded iu square envelope manner,
and the joinings are concealed with
variegated flat moss trimmings.
The newest neck chains merely en
circle the neck loosely, instead of hang
ing to the waist. They are shown in
pink and white pearls of graduating
sizes.
The oolero coat and the pouched
cloth bodice are again in evidence, but
the bolero is now provided with a
tailed buck, while the pouched bodice
will be fouud with a short shaped
basque all round.
Tile ostrich feather boas, both black
and white, and the two combined, find
rivals in the white colored feathers
that exactly match the whole tone of
the costume. This is specially com
mendable in gray of th tender pearl
-one.
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Meaning at Girls’ Names.
France*; is “unstained and freej ; *
Bertha, ''pellucid, purely brijjjt;**
Clara “clear*' as the crystal <-eal
Lucy, “a stai of radiant li^hr,
Catherine is “pare'* as the mountain air;
Henrietta.' a so ft, hwert “*Ur;”
Felicia is a “happy girl;’'
Matilda i* a “lady true;”
Margaret is a shining “pearl -* r
Rebecca, “with the faithful few;”
£iu*an is a “lily white;’*
•fane has the “willow’s curve *na grace;”
Cecilia, dear, is “and m of tight;
Sophia shown “wisdom on fee? Case;”
Constance is “lire and resoiurt*;”
<irate, delicious, “favor meet:’*
Charlotte, “noble, good repute*”
Harriet, a fine “odor sweet;’*
Isabella is a “lady rare;*’
Lucinda, “constant day;’*
Marie means “a lady taTfc;”
Abigail, “joyful as May,”
Elizabeth, “an oath of tnl*t:’’
Adelia. i'nicc prince.#?.**, proud:”
Agatha “is truly good ana juit,”
Letitia “a joy avowed;’’
Jeroina, “a soft .sound in the flir:**
Caroline, “a sweet spirit hale;" /
Cornelia, “harmonious and fair:*
Selina, “a sweet nightingale;”
Lvdia. “a refreshing well,
Judith, “a jewel none excel;*
Priscilla, “ancient of days;”
—The Monitor,
As Gross mu a Hear.
“You’re as cross as a bear!” said Hess
to Billy.
Uncle Jim whistled. “Bear? aren’t
cross to members of their own family,”
he said. “Now, I knew a hear
once ”
Bess and Billy ran to him and
climbed up on his lap.
“Did you really ever know a bear?”
cried Billy, with wide open eyes.
“Well, not intimately,” said Unde
Jim, “but I used to go hunting them
when I was up in Canada, and one day
I was out with a hunting party and we
raw right straight in front of us—
what do you suppose?*’
“A real bear?” gasped the children
In concert.
“Yes, a real mother hear and her lit-
MISSING ANIMALS’ PUZZLE.
i, • —.——i——-
Find a goat and a horse.
tie son. The dogs started after them
and the mother hear began to run,
but the little baby son couldn't run as
fast as she did, and the dogs were gain
ing on him, so what do you suppose the
mother bear did? Leave her little son
behind? No. sir-ee-ee. she picked the
baby bear up on her stout nose and
tossed him way ahead; then siie van
fast and caught up to him and gave
him another boost that sent him flying
through the air. She kept this up for a
mile and a half, then she was too tired
to go any further and the dogs sur
rounded her. Then she sat up on her
haunches, took her baby in her hind
paws and fought the dogs off with her
fore paws. And how she did roar!”
It.--is shuddered.
"You could hear her miles away. She
never forgot her baby: kept guarding
him all the time. When the mother
was shot the baby,cub jumped on her
dead body and tried to fight off the
dogs with his little baby paws. That’s
the way the bears stand by each other.
Sometimes I think they love each other
better than brothers and sisters. Hey,
Bess, what are you crying about? I
guess I won't tell you any more beat
stories if that is the way it makes you
feel.”
"Billy," sobbed Bess, "you're as good
—as good as a bear!”
Then they all laughed together and
forgot what they had been cross about.
—New York Tribune.
A Bird That Cannot Fly.
Who knows of a bird that cannot
fly?
Even a tame goose can fly. though
very awkwardly. But I know of one.
the auk. who cannot fly at all. for
his wings are too short, and the poor
fellow's legs are so short and are set
so far back that he can hardly walk.
How then, does he get about and find
his food? An old Irishman sailor
nine years ago explained that “ail their
walkin' was done by swimmin'," Their
broad webbed feet are good oars. an.d
their short wings are useful paddles.
“They get over the ground by swim
min', which is the best way for thim.
seeixT th' ground where they lire is
mostly watiier.” A
A Trick Willi n Bowline B*H.
\\c gei a wooden ball, for instance, a
retired howling bail, and screw small
hooks in It at two directly opposite
points. We suspend tho ball from (lie
ceiling by a thin string or cord and lie
a stronger piece of cord to the hook on
the I>ottom (see Illustration). Take
hold of the stronger piece of cord and
give it a violent jerk: to your surprise
the stronger piece of cord will break
and the Dali will hang suspended from
the weaker cord.—New York Tribune.
Modeling * Tor Wheelbarrow.
A toy wheelbarrow may be con
structed with very little trouble. The
upper and lower parts of the wheelbar
row are to be formed iu separate
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WHEERBARKOW DIAGRAM.
p;A< s. and then glued together: the
annexed diagrams show how they may
he cut out. The circle of card form
ing ti;e wheel may have a peg of wood
passed through its centre to serve
as an axle. (See diagrams a and b.)—
Washington Star.
Castl® of th® Scone®.
There appears in the London Times
a letter, jointly signed by the Duke of
Argyll and A. J. H. Campbell, of Dun
staffnnge, recommending the preserva
tion of Dunstaffnage Castls. The let
ter says: "The time has come to appeal
to Scotsmen to see that their old Castle
of Dunstaffnage, where the coronation
stone was kept for centuries, does not
fall into ruin. Its history is the history
of our early Kings. One tower has
fallen. The roof is gone from the keep,
which was inhabited up to 1810. Each
year's rain and frost do further dam
age to the walls ”
HINTS ABOUT j
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Poster Visit Papers.
Among the novelties in Parisian wall
papers are some striking poster effects.
One is a grotesque lizard and fox de
sign. Another is a girl’* figure in a
poster frieze, with a moire side wall.
Another fabric effect in the side wail
lias bunches of cherries, ami in rlig
frieze Is a little poster boy picking tli
fruit. In another, birds are Syiug over
tlie side wall, with poster cats watch
ing them from the frieze.
Mttkinc Kinglet*.
Every mother likes to see her baby
with curly hair, and if it Is not natur
ally so it can be made to grow so with
very little eaie. The baby’s hair
should, of course, be washed and
brushed every morning, but when the
brushing is done, do not leave the liair
smooth, but with the ti]n* of the fingers
rub the hair in little circles from right
to left all over ihe scalp. This twists
the hair at the roots and produces the
much desired curls. ■<**■'*
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To Clean Oriental Keg*.
When a line Oriental rug is to he
cleaned it may be split to a cleaner’s
or washed at home. At a good clean
er’s they will put it lu a machine which
removes the dust with a strong cur
rent of air. But it can lie washed with
out fear of injury, ns most Oriental
rugs are washed many times before
reaching this country, and the colors
are only mellowed by it. Stretch and
tack the rug on a clean floor, and scour
well with soapsuds. Then rinse it
thoroughly and leave in position till
juite dry.—New York Tribune.
Setting.*. For a Library.
The elaborate bindings which char
acterize the hundreds of “latest” books
continually on the market have forced
book buyers, if only to be consistent,
to give their library a proper setting.
With comparatively little trouble you
can fix up a beautiful little corner for
your books, which you will find the
most restful end delightful room in th*
house.
In the first place a soft shade of old
blue In raw silk will give you beautiful
curtains for your book shelves. Bun
a slender brass rod in a loose easing
at the top of the curtain without up
standing ruffle. Chinese wares in blue
and white, exquisite grees and strong
yellow make lovely bits of color as
vases. Search the Chinese and Jap
anese stores for your large vase, and.
if possible, place it on a stand of carved
teak wood. •
An Egyptian jar of figured brass
makes u charming jardiniere to drop
a potted plant in. Such a piece as this
should have an Oriental tnborette un
der it. Raw silk curtain over Arabian
net would give you pretty window
draperies. 1 n this ease the Arabian net
with border and perhaps inserting
hangs straight and slightly full next
the window, over curtains of blue; raw
silk ran then be draped back If you so
desire.—New York Journal.
recipes:. I"
Frail Tapioca—Soak one cupful tapi
oca over night. In the moruiug cook
in double boiler in a quart of water un
til transparent. When done add a cup
of sugar, one tablespoon lemon juice
and three or four sliced bananas. Serve
cold with plain or wuipped cream.
Other fruit may he substituted for ba
nanas.
Plain Waffles—Heat a pint of milk
and add half a cup of butter; stir until
melted, then cool and add the well
beaten yolks of three eggs and salt to
suit the taste. Stir the liquid into two
cups of flour, making a smooth, thin
batter. Beat the whites of eggs to a
stiff froth and fold in, hut do not
heat again. Bake Immediately on a
hot, well greased iron. The batter
must be thin enougli to spread quickly
when poured into the waffle iron.
Quince Butter—Pare and core the
quinces, cutting them up rather fine;
(•over with water and cook until ten
tltir. Place the skins and cores in an
other kettle with just sufficient water
to prevent their burning and cook until
soft; then strain off the juice and add
to the quinces. To each pound of fruit
allow three-fourths of a pound of
sugar. Boil down until it is smooth
snd thick: stir frequently, as it will
burn easily. Put in jars and seal like
jelly and keep in a cool, dry place.
Boiled Dressing—This is nice for cold
slaw or may be used with other vege
table salads. Mix a dessert spoonful
of dry mustard, half a teaspoonful of
salt, quarter of a teaspoonful of white
pepper, half a teaspoonful of celery
salt, with a large tablespoonful of
butter. Stir in thoroughly the beaten
yolks of two eggs and beat all to a
cream, then beat in a cup of cream,
sour or sweet (if milk is used add an
other eeg). stir and cook in a double
boiler until it begins to thicken. Be
move at once from the fire, and when
cold beat in two or three tabiespoonfuls
of vinegar, a little sugar improves
fhts dressing; but do not make it i t
sweet
NOVEMBER 23